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Culture Stats: compare key data on Australia & New Zealand

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STAT Australia New Zealand HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 10.02
Ranked 44th. 4% more than New Zealand
9.62
Ranked 52nd.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Legal drinking age 18
Ranked 8th. The same as New Zealand
18
Ranked 12th.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 1.79 billion L
Ranked 15th. 6 times more than New Zealand
300 million L
Ranked 33th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date May 30, 1971 June 7, 1976
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Yagoona, New South Wales Porirua Central, Wellington
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes First outlet in an independent country in Oceania . See McDonald's Australia . Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris First South Island restaurants opened at Linwood and Merivale , both Christchurch , on 3 November 1987. See McDonald's New Zealand .
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes The first Australian KFC was built in Guildford on the western suburbs of Sydney First store opened in Auckland . 100 outlets in 2013.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,968
Ranked 3rd.
1,971
Ranked 2nd. About the same as Australia
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 230.92 kg
Ranked 24th. 2 times more than New Zealand
103.79 kg
Ranked 84th.
Happy Planet Index 36.6
Ranked 102nd.
51.6
Ranked 28th. 41% more than Australia

Hobbies > Homebrewing legality Legal for individuals to manufacture their own alcohol without paying excise with two provisions, that they do not employ the use of a still, and that they do not sell the product. title=Is home brewing legal?|url= http://www.alcohol.org.nz/faq/home-brewing-legal|work=Frequently Asked Questions|publisher=Health Promotion Agency|accessdate=12 June 2013}}</ref>
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Banned
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,034
Ranked 50th. 79% more than New Zealand
579
Ranked 84th.
Smoking > Pack of 20 cigarettes price €10.5
Ranked 2nd. 4% more than New Zealand
€10.1
Ranked 3rd.
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 63th. The same as New Zealand
18
Ranked 33th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 4.56
Ranked 21st. 11% more than New Zealand
4.09
Ranked 29th.
Food and drink > Honey consumption 16,000 metric tons
Ranked 17th. Twice as much as New Zealand
8,000 metric tons
Ranked 21st.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 9.02
Ranked 30th.
9.68
Ranked 23th. 7% more than Australia
Smoking > Pack of 20 cigarettes price (USD) 13.5
Ranked 2nd. 3% more than New Zealand
13.13
Ranked 3rd.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 0.13
Ranked 176th.
0.5
Ranked 139th. 4 times more than Australia
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 1.16
Ranked 92nd.
1.37
Ranked 77th. 18% more than Australia
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 3.12
Ranked 24th. 3% more than New Zealand
3.04
Ranked 25th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 1.02
Ranked 24th. 26% more than New Zealand
0.81
Ranked 26th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 9.89
Ranked 28th. 8% more than New Zealand
9.12
Ranked 38th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator KFC Australia Pty Ltd Restaurant Brands Ltd
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 10 g
Ranked 9th. The same as New Zealand
10 g
Ranked 12th.
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Sales prohibited to under 18s. Can only be located in liquor licensed and gaming venues, must display health warnings and cannot contain images of product only description and price on black and white label. Sales prohibited to under 18s. Machines situated in bars and similar places only. From 10 December 2004, machines can only be operated by staff.

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; http://www.icap.org/Table/MinimumAgeLimitsWorldwide; Per Capita Beer Consumption by Country in 2012, Kirin Holdings Company. Table 3.; Wikipedia: List of countries with McDonald's restaurants (Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Africa); Wikipedia: List of countries by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; Wikipedia: Homebrewing (Legality); Wikipedia: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); Wikipedia: List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita (List); Wikipedia: Cigarette (Prices); Wikipedia: Smoking age; Wikipedia: Beekeeping (World honey production and consumption); World Health Organization. Source tables; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation. p. 273 ff. ; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff. ; Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Asia); Wikipedia: Standard drink (Standard drinks as defined by various countries) (ICAP Report 5 - "What is a 'standard drink'". URL: [1] . Accessed on June 19, 2008.); Wikipedia: Cigarette machine (Tobacco vending machine prevalence by country) ("Japanese smokers to face age test" . BBC . 2008-12-06 . Retrieved 2008-03-07 .)

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